By: Diane Benjamin
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Getting millions of tax dollars and tax breaks requires transparency. Rivian stopped providing even the basics. We have no idea how many employees work in Normal because they stopped saying: https://wirepoints.org/after-getting-millions-in-tax-breaks-rivian-now-wont-say-how-many-people-work-in-normal-wglt-npr-at-isu/
Do you know Rivian just settled a lawsuit for $250,000,000? https://www.rttnews.com/3585443/rivian-automotive-reaches-250-mln-settlement-in-securities-class-action.aspx
600 employees across the country are being laid off: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/23/rivian-layoffs.html
We have no idea how many of those work in Normal, again no transparency.
How many H1B visa employees does Rivian have? https://www.h1bdata.org/employers/rivian-automotive-llc?table1-page=5&table2-page=4
Quotes:
How many of those work in Normal?
| Logistics Engineers | Normal, Il | $69,004.00 | 2 |
| Accountants And Auditors | Normal, Il | $79,123.00 | 1 |
| Chemists | Normal, Il | $98,738.00 | 1 |
| Information Security Analysts | Normal, Il | $117,182.00 | 4 |
| Industrial Production Managers | Normal, Il | $119,317.20 | 10 |
| Electrical Engineers | Normal, Il | $126,986.11 | 255 |
Total: 273
The dollars listed are the average salary.
Illinois State University is in the top 100 Accounting schools in the country: https://best-accounting-schools.com/illinois-state-university
A foreigner had to be brought in for Accounting/Auditing?
Click that link, this is stated:
Click the “bad rating” link and see this: https://american-school-search.com/safety/illinois-state-university
Do parent know they are sending their kids to “a very dangerous place”?
ISU rates a D- on safety? So much for walkability then unless armed or walking with a pack of trained guard dogs.